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ERIAL GAR.

104100,415. Patented Mar. 1, 1870.

' 11. P. KEITH.

Y AERIAL CAR.

No; 100,415. Patented M01. 1, 1870.

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1 w//vissrs /Nvf/vrofe To all persons to whom these presentslshcll come: Y

. Be it known that I, A. P. KEITH, of Easton', in the dluite am @are l A`.",I.`KEITH, ASTGN, MASSACHUSETTS.

.-Letters Patent No. 100,415, dated March. 1, 18.70.

l mn'ovemmvr iN AERIAL CARS Thev Bchodiilex'efen'odto Vin these Lettera Patent and making pari: o! the nmo.

county of Bristol, and Sta'te ot Massachusetts, have` invented certain new and useful Improvements in' Machines or Apparatus for the Navigation ot' the Air,

or, in other `words, -in aerialdships, so termed, and,` that `the following is a full an'd exact description ot' lthe saine, reference being had to the accompanying plates ofdrawings hereinafter referred to. a

" This inventiou'consists generally in constructing a vessel or other chamber of light and strong material,

in a shape to present the smallest possible amount of resistance 'to Ithe air in its passage through it, while at the Sametime the requisites of equilibrium are in- !sux'ed, and a sufficient hold, as it were, ol the air is .through the air, whereby said rudder can be raised or lowered, revolvedor open, and closed either more or l less, and with such n'iovoinents entirely independent of eachother.

` In the accompanying plates of drawings my improved aerial ship7 is illustrated.

ln plate 1, Figure 1 is a plan or top view of lthe saine, showing' its frame-work uncovered. l

Figure 2, a transverse vertical section, taken in the plane ot' the line x sc, iig. 1.

Figure 3, a plan view of the rudder or steering de-.l vice detached, and drawn somewhat enlarged from it,`

as" shown iniig. 1, for theinore perfect illustration of its-construction.

Figure 4, a central longitudinal section, in plaue,of

liney y, tig. 3. 1

In plate 2, Figuref' is a side view oi' the aerial ship.

Figures li and 8,.respectively, a plan andaside view of the steering device, showing a modification oi "the operating parts for it and the blades thereto, and also en increased'Y number of blades from that,r shown iu Iigsslaod, plate 1.

Figure- 7 ,an detail lview, to be hereinafter referred. to. A in the accompanying drawings represen-ts the body or hull, if' it .nay beso termed, ofthe aerial ship embraced herein. Y

This body or -hull'A is constructedl with a central portioin, extending 'alongj the length of the same, tapering .toa point at the cud Bz, and upon Veach side isvpipeided with er similarhorizontal extension-frame,

0, to he madeof--light but strong material, and upon the upper and lower sides with incasing or inclosing frame-'works D and E, in each instance made of such form and shape as shown more particularly in fig. 4, plate 1, and tig. 5, plate 2, that is, tapering in a-llvdirect-ions from end totend and top ,to bottom, to pre- Vsent the least resistance to the air in the passage of the vessel through the same.

The frame onthe lower side of the body A is-extended, to form a keel, F, twoforms ofv which are shown in lig. 5, (one by dotted lines,) the purpose. and' object of the keel being the same as that of a keel to a vessel for navigation in waterf These several i'rames are to be covered or sheathed in any suitable manner to render them air-tight.

In the central part B of the vessel, suitable mech- Y anism is to be located for generating power, and it. is also to be constructed for` the storage of fuel, baggage, provisions, accommodation" of operators, passengers, Sac., according to the. capacity which it is designed the ship shall have for weight.

H, paddle-wheels, located in extension-arms I, to the IWA, one 'upon each side of the same, to which paddle-wheels motion is to be communicated through any suitable arrangement ot mechanisimsuch as belts J and pulleys K and L, as shown. i

The said wheels'H are arranged to revolve in planes across the width of the vesselfand are constructed with vanes or wings M, (see drawiugs,) made in sections and ot' suitable form, -by their combined action on the atmosphere. to raise and propel the vessel through it.

N, the rudder or means used for the purpose of steering or guiding the vessel A. This rudder is coin posed ot' blades 0, which may be more or less in number, hangin and to a holder, P, so as ,to be susceptibley of being opened or closed upon -each other, and along the same, at their outer ends, are to be connected together by -a flexible material, Q, of sutlicient strength to resist the action of the atmosphere thereon, andl yet susceptible of closing o r folding hp.

'lhe holder or stock l to the rudder is hinged to one end of 'a shaft, R, and is arranged to turnwithin the en d pie-cess ot' the vessel A. By being hinged, it

\ is obvious it 'can be changed in position, that is, either inclined downward or upward `or placed horizontal, cords a ay being provided for such manipulation of the same.

For the blades to the rudder to be opened and closed,

link-pieces c are provided, that at one endarc hung to the outside blade, and atthe other Aendsare arranged to have av conjoint motion forward and backwardwithin-a longitudinal slot, d, of the center blade, by and ,through the means of cords or other lines f extended therefrom over and through suitableA guides into the body A.

,Each of the several described movements for the rndder is independent of 'the others, whatever may' have been the previous adjustment of position of any oftheparts composing the rudder, asis obvious from the detail description oi their construction and arrangement, without further explanation.

By the arrangement of a rudder as above described, itis manifest the guiding of the vessel is secured in nny horizontal plane or direction, and it is also enabled to be guided in an upward or downward course,

or in any course between ,a horizontal and a vertical plane.

As` a means ot' support tothe vessel when notin. ur;e,'1egs-'l are provided, which legs it is intended to construct and arrange. so that when the vessel is in use they caribe folded up under thc body A thereof', and tlms ont of the way, one form being shown in tig.

o 7, which is by constructingthem in sections, h'inged togcth cr.

t Having thus described my improvements in aerial ships, ,I will state my claims, as follows.

What I claim Aas my inve'ntion, and Adesire to have secured ,to me by Letters Patent, is'

l. A ship for aerial navigation, consisting' of a central body, with side, top, and under extension-chambers, with the latter or under chamber terminating in a kee l,'snbst antially as and for the purpose described.: 

